The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has announced the provisional exam timetable forNEET-PG 2026 and NEET-MDS 2026. According to the official notification, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has released the tentative schedule for two major medical entrance examinations in India.
The NEET-MDS 2026 is expected to be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, with May 31, 2026, set as the crucial cut-off date for completion of the mandatory internship required for eligibility. Meanwhile, the NEET-PG 2026 is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, August 30, 2026, and candidates must complete their internship by September 30, 2026, to qualify for the exam.
Both NEET-PG 2026 and NEET-MDS 2026 will be conducted in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode at designated centres across India. According to NBEMS, admission to MD, MS, and PG Diploma programmes is strictly through the NEET-PG examination, and no state government, private medical college, or university is authorised to hold a separate entrance test for these courses.
However, it is important to note that NEET-PG admissions do not extend to certain medical institutions, which follow their own admission processes as per governing regulations. This framework ensures uniformity in postgraduate medical admissions nationwide while maintaining exceptions for specific institutions.
Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the government’s decision to lower the qualifying cut-off marks for NEET PG 2025 admissions to postgraduate medical courses.
The petitioner argued that a sharp reduction in the cut-off would dilute the quality of doctors entering specialist programmes and could endanger patient safety, news agency PTI reported.
Rejecting the plea, a bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhayay and Justice Tejas Karia observed that the objective of higher education is to enhance skills and expertise, not to judge the overall quality of doctors. The court also questioned whether it would serve the public interest to allow postgraduate medical seats to remain vacant.
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